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all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can
all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they...
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the cabdriver use the word into canned disruptor. we have our work to do to protect future generations. thank you. >> mr. kohl? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. i have a couple of specific questions one in particular a colleague asked and i have more general one that he asked me to put to you and this is mr. young from alaska. i'm going to read the question and he asked were due process is an basic in basic notions of fairness considered when you rescinded a properly issued permit on the desert rock power plant. that bill has said this plant will be the cleanest coal plant in the united states. this doesn't mean clean air standards within a coal plant be able to do so going forward? i want to tell you ahead of time i don't know this issue particularly well but he particularly asked he have an opportunity to address it. >> is that a new mexico? >> again i wish i could tell you more. aegis of the desert rock our plan. >> i believe he is talking about a title v petition for a coal-fired power plant. >> this is a native american angl
the cabdriver use the word into canned disruptor. we have our work to do to protect future generations. thank you. >> mr. kohl? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. i have a couple of specific questions one in particular a colleague asked and i have more general one that he asked me to put to you and this is mr. young from alaska. i'm going to read the question and he asked were due process is an basic in basic notions of fairness considered when you rescinded a properly issued...
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we happened to be the only black people there, they got us and put us in jail. that was the first day that you mentioned. the long and short of it is, i was in my second year of law school at the time. i am reading all these things about criminal procedure, criminal law. the stuff that is on the books is not what is happening on the streets. don't i have some kind of rights? miranda or something? they just did what they want and it was the first time that somebody had taken my body and had physically done something with me -- except raimondi, a different category. [laughter] they put me and handcuffs and they did all of that. so i wrote about it. my lawyer, she was also a teacher. she encouraged me to tell my story. the next week, the assignment in class, it was to talk about -- writing about an experience of injustice. i was ready to send this. i did not think anything of it, but she said that people should know about your story. i sent it to somebody. the editor from "the new york times" called me and said that it was a lot of racy for them. but people just ke
we happened to be the only black people there, they got us and put us in jail. that was the first day that you mentioned. the long and short of it is, i was in my second year of law school at the time. i am reading all these things about criminal procedure, criminal law. the stuff that is on the books is not what is happening on the streets. don't i have some kind of rights? miranda or something? they just did what they want and it was the first time that somebody had taken my body and had...
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that is the big challenge ahead of us. you just don't think of raw sewage in waterways in a developed country, and yet, that's what we have, and not just in pittsburgh, but all over. narrator: pittsburgh is situated at the confluence of the allegheny, monongahela, and ohio rivers. these three rivers are vital for industry, recreation, and drinking water. and each year, billions of gallons of combined sewer overflows discharge directly into those rivers. hecht: we're now having to face the consequences of the choice that was made to put in combined sewer systems. narrator: in 1994, the government adopted a combined sewer overflow policy to reduce csos nationwide. cities with combined sewer overflows now face an enforcement action called a consent decree. under a consent decree, a city must reduce pollution levels significantly within a strict time frame or face heavy fines. in 1960, the combined sewer overflows were a perfectly legitimate way of dealing with sewers. woman: the mind set was that, what did it matter if we wer
that is the big challenge ahead of us. you just don't think of raw sewage in waterways in a developed country, and yet, that's what we have, and not just in pittsburgh, but all over. narrator: pittsburgh is situated at the confluence of the allegheny, monongahela, and ohio rivers. these three rivers are vital for industry, recreation, and drinking water. and each year, billions of gallons of combined sewer overflows discharge directly into those rivers. hecht: we're now having to face the...
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it's a wise use of money. otherwise, we should certainly not be tieing the hands of our scientists and trying to understand this, while at the same time, recognizing maybe the article didn't do the greatest job of portraying that many states who are used to drilling have done significant work in regulating the fracking and drilling and natural gas recovery process. states have sort of taken a timeout to get it right. >> i deeply appreciate that. if i could respond briefly. i deeply appreciate that. i know you are doing a lot of things that are very, very important and need to be done. but also there's a lot of damage that's being taken place right now. that damage is going to increase dramatically, rapidly over the course of the next couple of years. if nothing is being done to try to control and oversee there's going to be a lot of damage to a lot of people. all of that is important. there are a number of things that could be done by the congress. one the things that could be done and should be done by the co
it's a wise use of money. otherwise, we should certainly not be tieing the hands of our scientists and trying to understand this, while at the same time, recognizing maybe the article didn't do the greatest job of portraying that many states who are used to drilling have done significant work in regulating the fracking and drilling and natural gas recovery process. states have sort of taken a timeout to get it right. >> i deeply appreciate that. if i could respond briefly. i deeply...